unwiseness
Lack of sense
Unwiseness is the quality of lacking wisdom or good judgment.
The word is rare and awkward—foolishness, folly, or simply lack of wisdom typically serve better: The unwiseness of the decision became clear only later.
Most speakers avoid it.
Unwise act or remark
- injudiciousnessUnwise decision-making
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
incaution · carelessness · heedlessness · improvidence · recklessness · hastiness · precipitancy · inconsideration
Absence of good judgment
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- inanityPointless, shallow foolishness
fatuity · idiocy · senselessness · witlessness · nonsense · irrationality · doltishness · asininity
Error in estimation
- errorFault in communication
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- misstepError in action or judgment
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
bad call · lapse · gaffe · faux pas · wrong move · tactical error · misreading · misassessment
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- simplicityLack of complexity
unsophistication · greenness · artlessness · ingenuousness · trustfulness · guilelessness · impressionability · unworldliness
indiscretion
Unwise act or remark
- injudiciousnessUnwise decision-making
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
thoughtlessness · incaution · carelessness · heedlessness · improvidence · recklessness · hastiness · precipitancy · inconsideration · ill-advisedness
folly
Absence of good judgment
inanity · fatuity · idiocy · senselessness · witlessness · nonsense · irrationality · doltishness · asininity · preposterousness
miscalculation
Error in estimation
oversight · bad call · lapse · gaffe · faux pas · wrong move · tactical error · misreading · misassessment
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
simplicity · unsophistication · greenness · artlessness · ingenuousness · trustfulness · guilelessness · impressionability · unworldliness · childishness
unwisenesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
prudence · sagacity · judiciousness · good judgment · sound judgment
wise, wisdom, unwise, wisely, wiser, unwisely, wisecrack, wisest, wiseacre